Last week, Year 2 MFA Curating students organised the second workshop of the term: Experiments with Print & Publishing in Art & Curatorial Practice. Devised by
@anjalilarsen ,
@anadtraa @olakowalewsk4 ,
@yilai928 ,
@keenmekm ,
@marinamir___ ,
@strawberryprincessalwaysalive ,
@sarapetrakis &
@metaphoricallynepios and working with
@helmut_recko , the workshop approached print and publishing not as secondary to exhibitions but as critical, experimental sites within curatorial practice.
DAY 3 returned to the MFA Curating Studio, drawing together the strands of the workshop through conversation, practice, and collective reflection. The day foregrounded writing and publishing as tools for diasporic connection, queer world-making, and community formation, while extending discussions into material experimentation, collective authorship, and the politics of making.
The morning opened with a talk by Youjia Qian, founder of the Pubis Project
@pubis_project a publishing initiative centring Chinese feminist and queer diasporic communities. Qian spoke about publishing as connection and empowerment, and about the entanglements of translation, archiving, fandom (同人), and curatorial practice. Introduced and moderated by
@strawberryprincessalwaysalive &
@anadtraa
After a short break,
@metaphoricallynepios @keenmekm &
@yilai928 led AI-writing exercises, exploring generative text as a tool for speculation, transformation, and expanded authorship.
In the afternoon, curator
@sara.sassanelli (founder of Rave Reading Group; former Curator of Live Art at the ICA) discussed reading and publishing as embodied, collective practices that operate within nightlife, performance, and community-led contexts. Introduced by
@anjalilarsen .
The day concluded with a zine-making workshop led by
@keenmekm ,
@anadtraa &
@strawberryprincessalwaysalive , followed by closing reflections.
Thank you to all contributors and hosts for a generative week of conversations!
